Fresh Woods, Pastures New
Niall, Ian / McNeillie, Andrew
During an outbreak of meningitis in Glasgow in the 1920s. The author was sent to live with his grandparents, then tenants of North Clutag Farm, Galloway, in south-west Scotland. He tells us how rare this sort of childhood has become, and how wonderful it must have been to roam so freely, absorbing the rhythms of the countryside.